The Director of the Russian Penitentiary Service Gennady Kornienko participated in 20th Council of Europe Conference of Directors of Prison and Probation Services that was held on 9 and 10 June 2015 in Bucharest, Romania. It was hosted by the Romanian Prison and Probation Services.

Vladislav Tsaturov, deputy director of the Federal Penal Service of Russia (FPS of Russia), Nikolay Kolesnik, deputy director of the FPS of Russia, attended the meeting with the director of the German Foundation of International Legal Cooperation «IRZ»

The purpose of the visit was the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Correctional Service of Norway and the Program of Cooperation with the Criminal Sanctions Agency of Finland, as well as informing about the Russian penitentiary system.

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